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International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance

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Increasing the career choice readiness of young adolescents: an evaluation study

Authors: Andreas Hirschi, Damian Läge

Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance | Issue 2/2008

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A career workshop that applies models of the Cognitive Information Processing Approach (Sampson, Reardon, Peterson, & Lenz, 2004) and incorporates critical ingredients (Brown and Ryan Krane, 2000) to promote the career choice readiness of young adolescents was developed and evaluated with 334 Swiss students in seventh grade applying a Solomon four group design with a three-month follow-up. Participants significantly increased their performance in terms of career decidedness, career planning, career exploration, and vocational identity. Implications for evaluation research and counselling practice are presented.

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Title: Increasing the career choice readiness of young adolescents: an evaluation study
Authors: Andreas Hirschi
Damian Läge
Publication date: 01-07-2008
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance / Issue 2/2008
Print ISSN: 1873-0388
Electronic ISSN: 1573-1782
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-008-9139-7

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